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That's been one of my bugbears for a long time. I understood it in the days a century ago when we were at pains to point out we weren't British, despite our uniforms, but now it just seems like we're so insecure we need to label everything as "Mine! Mine! Mine!" 🍻

Some day you are going to have to explain to me why the US Army didn't field some 5,000 or so Ripsaw variants years ago. Its a solid and highly versatile platform as far as I can see. 🍻

It's not much of an army war except air defence. However, Transformation-in-contact is a really big deal if the army wants to sort itself out for future wars. It's in mid stride and needs a lot of vision and leadership from the top if it wants to cross the finish line any day soon. 🍻

I've got a better idea. Each of 1 and 2 PPCLI, RCR and R22eR are dissolved and broken up into 18 30/70 mech battalions using the title of one of 18 ResF infantry battalions. They become the core of building eight 30/70 brigades (4 armoured 2 mech and A2/AD) and three other 30/70 battalions...

IMHO, the light doctrine the US army has works even when you add the ISV which is merely a boost in their mobility. Tactics and drills remain the same. BUT. Since they are changing from IBCTs to MBCTs which greatly changes the structure of the battalion, brigade and division beyond merely the...

Yeah. That was the real plus point for the L5. At 2,800 lbs it was pretty much fine for a 5/4 and not even the 3/4 had much trouble with it in most circumstances. Lifting by Huey with an underslung ammo net was dead simple. Even a Griffon could handle that. 🍻

I did safety officer for the Airborne battery on a winter exercise in Suffield and all that was dropped in was guns, ammo, snowmobiles and toboggans. The bty had rigged the standard toboggans to be strapped to each wheel of the L5 which were then moved around for short moves towed by the...

Which does raise the issue of differentiating between armoured mech - Pumas, CV90 and the like (level 4-6) - and armoured mech folks in Senators and BvS10s (level 2-4). I'll leave the sorting out of this to the infantry. I always did get a kick out of the PPC-Light-I running around in 30 tonne...

I'm a great fan of those myself and for the life of me could never understand why the army hasn't replaced the 50-60 some odd of the 206s that we ash-canned. I think we have about a dozen or so left and no idea how good a shape they are in. I always thought they should be equipping all the light...

As ought to be obvious from reading the results of various campaigns/wars since WW2 everyone has been poorly structured for the next conflict. The best plan is to take a best shot at preparing for the more probable but keep something in your back pocket for the less probable. There's a very...

I was going to make an earlier comment about the B Ech being irrelevant in any event. We're really talking 2nd and 3rd line logistics support . . . and even 1st line A Ech when you look at the cockamamy NSE structure that typified the early to mid Op Athena consolidation of all combat service...

The two aren't mutually exclusive. 🍻

It ought to be a big one. We need to aim to on-shore all military equipment production. 🍻

You know, I like Ford but I wish he and others would shut up with the infantile poking the bear crap. It just riles him up and he has no boundaries. By all means on January 21, 2029 strip the Trump name from everything. Until then be the better man. 🍻

I guess that depends on what time frame you look at and which army. Back in WW2, Canadian infantry brigades were routinely supported by divisional artillery field regiments, engineers field companies, a brigade service company, a field ambulance, a brigade RCEME workshop and its LADs,. If you...

The 511 map says its data set is Google Maps and yet on Google Maps its Lake Ontario. Go figure. :(

Those took a while to get to us. In 2 RCHA we were slinging L5s under Hueys and the C1s under Voyageurs until 1976 before they were given to the navy and turned into Labradors. It's quite clear that they increased tactical mobility. Remember this was the Vietnam era and aviation was shiny and...

I didn't say that. I said it would not do a direct fire support role after dismount. I didn't say it would stop doing its job. No. I expect that while it has troops on board and is moving that it uses its systems in self defence. Where the line is drawn is its positioning in defence or the...

That's the point, isn't it. Its already a "brigade" without needing to grow anything except maybe a sigs sqn for the brigade headquarters. I'm not sure if the "regiment" has a sigs element or just some staff wienees. 🍻